A manipulative bully declared he had ‘killed his girlfriend’s cat’ prior to releasing a ‘frenzied and determined’ attack on his now-ex.
Shane Corbett, 53, urinated on Danielle Whitfield’s carpets, smashed up her home and took her unique shoes so she couldn’t stroll in a campaign of abuse throughout their ten-year relationship.
The papa, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, has actually been imprisoned for 2 years after the victim, 39, who he shares a child with, said he had ‘ruined her life’.
Bolton Crown Court heard how Corbett would get ‘angry, aggressive and violent’ after Ms Whitfield had a back operation in 2018 which indicated she might hardly stroll.
Hugh McKee prosecuting said: ‘At one stage he took the keys of Miss Whitfield’s flat where she lived and would take her fitness instructors so he might manage where she went.
‘He would also throw cat food away for Salem so she would have to buy more food and use what little money she had left to buy more rather than use it for credit on her phone to call friends.
‘He would bring people back to her flat and she was so worried for her welfare, she would sleep on the couch with her bag beside her. Things got so bad she hadn’t oversleeped her own bed for 2 years.
‘The defendant would let himself in to the flat with her keys and once when she was not there, smashed a table and emptied rubbish all over her flat.
‘She is very house proud and was disgusted when she saw what he had done. She felt as though her home was not her own.’
Ms Whitfield ran away the dreadful circumstance to see her friend Scott Earlam – however when she went home to examine her cat, Salem, she encountered Corbett in the street who informed her he had actually killed her animal, the court was informed.
Not wishing to go back to her flat out of worry of what she may discover, she headed back to Mr Earlam’s home and was later on followed by Corbett who ‘began kicking the door’.
A horrendous attack unfolded as soon as he was let in on October 22 in 2015, as he punched, kicked and marked on his partner and struck her friend with a glass door.
Mr Mckee said: ‘The defendant turned up and began to kick the door and when he was let in, he punched Danielle in the back of the head.
‘Mr Earlam tried to intervene but Corbett turned on him, punching and striking him and then hitting him over the head with the glass door to a TV cabinet. He also smashed a mug on his head.
‘He then stamped on Danielle whilst she was curled up in a ball on a floor and told her: “You’re getting it”.
‘He also vowed to attack Mr Earlam again in the hope he would have a heart attack.’
Police apprehended Corbett at the property in Wigan prior to Salem was discovered dead at Ms Whitfield’s home in neighboring Atherton.
The reason for the cat’s death stays unidentified however the victim thinks that Corbett kicked the animal.
The offender, who offered no remark in interview, had 40 previous offenses on his record consisting of attack, drugs offenses, damage and theft.
Mum-of-one Ms Whitfield informed the court she has problems about Salem and is horrified of running into her abuser.
In a declaration, she said she ‘feels like Shane has ruined my life and I will never get back to the person I once was’.
‘My mental health has suffered severely because of everything Shane has done. My anxiety is going through the roof and I have to get friends to do my shopping as people would say Shane has told them things about me’, she said.
‘I feel like it is never-ending and I am having nightmares about Salem who I believe died as a result of Shane kicking him.
‘Shane did tell me he had killed my cat. Whilst out cycling I thought I saw Shane in the street and I nearly fell of my bike as I felt so sick to my stomach. I just want to get my life back.’
In mitigation, Corbett’s counsel Thomas Worsfold said: ‘He does offer a genuine and unprompted acceptance that he loses control but whilst what he did was cruel, inconsiderate and bullying this was not the highest level of controlling behaviour.’
Corbett was imprisoned on Wednesday after confessing coercive behaviour, triggering severe physical damage and typical attack.
He was likewise prohibited from getting in touch with Ms Whitfield for 5 years under the regards to a limiting order.
Sentencing judge, Miss Recorder Alexandra Simmonds, informed him: ‘You exhibited controlling behaviour towards a vulnerable woman which was mean and persistent. You wanted to make her life as difficult as possible.
‘On one occasion you told her you had killed her cat and she didn’t wish to go home for worry of what she may discover.
‘Your actions were bullying and cruel and the attack on Mr Earlam was frenzied and determined.’
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